British film director RICHARD MARQUAND, 49, whose...

September 7, 1987

LONDON — British film director RICHARD MARQUAND, 49, whose successes included the box-office hits Jagged Edge and Return of the Jedi, died Friday. The cause wasn't reported but a British news agency said Marquand had suffered a stroke Aug. 30. Marquand's other movie credits included Eye of the Needle and Until September. Hearts of Fire is due for release this autumn. As a television director, he was responsible for Search for the Nile, for which he won an Emmy in 1972, and The Birth of the Beatles.